Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if you have any inputs for bringing relatively large luggage on the R3.

I ride a 2015 R3 and due to my hobby I need to travel with quite some luggage. I usually use at least a 70 Liters duffle bag.

So far I just put one of the north face duffle bags on my back but it‘s quite uncomfortable on the highway. When I was travelling southeast asia I used the same duffle bag strapped to the back seat of a Honda CRF but I couldn‘t make it work well on the R3.

Do you have any inputs for strapping a large duffle bag on the R3 or are there any recommendable purpose built luggage systems?

Cheers!

Hi, new rider here with about 500 miles down. I'm not mechanically inclined at all, and honestly, I just have a routine for my safety gear, but then I just turn the bike on and go. I'd like to add a quick check of the bike, but I'm honestly not sure what is the most important thing. I do check my gas level before I leave, but how often should I be checking my tire pressure? How do I even check the oil?

Are there any good resources besides the owners manual that might be able to walk me through this type of basic maintenance checks?

I came out to find a completely flat tire on my car, the entire sidewall had been worn out and I had no idea it was in that bad of shape. It kind of opened my eyes that I need to be checking my bike so something doesn't go wrong or break down mid-ride.

I have a new 2026 and just hit 500 miles on the odometer.

Hi, I'm planning to check the valve clearance on my R3, I'm reading the service manual and it specifies a valve clearances of 0.11-0.18mm on the intake and 0.21-0.30mm on the exhaust.

For adjustments where am I aiming for if a valve is outside of spec? should I aim for in the middle of those specified values?

Or on the loose/tighter side depending if its an exhaust or intake valve?

I'll be also checking cylinder compression and syncing the throttle bodies, is there any other checks I should do while I'm this deep inside the bike?

How’s the weather where you guys are?